Without a moan... Ho-hum !!

Greetings World's !!

How are you all doing this fine - very misty morning ? It really is thick & foggy, looking out thru' the living room windows !! Nevermind - I'm quite happy, sat here, in the warm & playing my various bits & bobs of music.

I'm home alone - for a short while, at least. ME is doing a training day (or something) in town, J is over in Wales and B, My Wife & Dearest Friend, has just gone to a nearby house, to take part in a meeting.

As I've written before - B is part of a group, connected to the local Dr's surgery..... and, from time to time, they have a meeting - I'm not 100% sure what it's about, but..... maybe, in many ways, I do not really want to know !!

As it is - I went down to the local surgery, yesterday - to have  a dressings change - and later today I'm going back down, to see if my local Dr. can give me some advice, about the pain etc etc !! To try & explain...

I am on sooooo many pills & potions, for my back wound (read old posts, to find out more) and - for my sins, I took myself off of some of the morphine I take, from day to day !! "Why ?" - good question really !!

2 weeks ago, I went to a meeting, in town - to try & talk thru' some of my various issues, not just the pain, but..... well, you try being poorly for this long & see where it takes you !! For me - it's been a very hard road & I am more than a little fed up with the whole thing !!

Anyhoo - the nurse I saw, kept on about how much morphine I was on. I take a liquid version, for pretty much "instant" pain relief.... but, I was also on a massive amount of morphine tablets..... which released pain relief, over 12 hours at a time.

So - this nurse kept on about these pills & how they might be getting to me, which is Ok - but, it was the various Dr's who put me on the pills, in the first place..... I didn't just go & get them, kind of like a "fix" for a junkie or whatever you want to call it !!

As she was really pissing me off - I decided to go "cold turkey" and I stop taking the blooming things, from that night onwards....... something, I'm told (over & over) that you shouldn't do, because of the side effects !! I didn't tell anyone about it - not even B, who sorts out my various potions, every day !!

A week ago, I asked B how she thought I had been, health wise, over the previous week. It had been 7 days, since I had stopped the pills & I was interested if she had seen a change in me, or noticed I was doing other things differently, on a day to day basis. To my surprise, she said that, she thought, in one way or another, I was slightly
better !!

When I told her, about the pills - again to my surprise - she wasn't angry, overly much, with me & that helped, especially when I explained my motives, for not taking the blooming things !!

It was almost like the nurse was calling, or telling me, that I was addicted to the morphine & it was a kind of crutch, for me, to get thru' each day !! In my heart, I knew that wasn't true - so, I stopped taking them !! I don't think there have been too many problems, health wise....... none that anyone is telling me about, at least !!

So - this afternoon, I'm going down, to see my Dr. and I'm going to tell him the "good news" and that I'm off the bloody things..... pain aside, I feel better for not taking them, so that has to be a bonus !!

But - and there is always a "but" - the actual wound, even tho' it is really small now..... well, it really does hurt & I'm hoping he might have some idea on how to go about killing that pain, without going back on more pills !! I will wait & see what he says..... also, if he can give me a clue on the plastic surgeon, who I'm seeing next Wednesday, as to what he's like & everything ?! He's new to me - but, maybe my local guy might know him.... time will tell !!

Getting away from all of that.... and back to music !!

I'm using the Mini Egg, this morning, to play - what I call - the 'Pick Of The Peaches' !! It's - as I've written before - a collection of the longest tracks, from all - or most of - the Allman Brothers 'Instant Live' Cd's.... going back to 2003. To explain.... kind of....


The guys gave me this iPod thingy, for my stays in the hospital. So - rather than pick just individual concerts, by the ABB, I went thru' all of the Cd's & put the longest version, of each song (played live) onto the thing !! It has taken a while, but - in may ways, it's been a lot of fun !!

Since Christmas, when B gave me this docking station (Black Betty) - I've been able to play all kinds of stuff, without using the main amp & stuff !! There are 147 tracks on the Mini Egg - taken from the different concerts, I don't know how long it would take, to go thru' the whole load.... but, maybe the next time I'm stuck someplace, I'll try & let them all play thru' !!

Knowing me tho' - I would get itchy fingers & have to change the group, or move thru' the tracks faster !! Oh well.... - as I type 'Who To Believe' is playing away nicely, just off to my right - great stuff !!

I've mentioned, a few times now, the 2 Cd set, by Spooky Tooth. I thought, to begin with, that I only knew a couple of the tracks, in the end, there were several of the things - that makes it even better, considering I only bought it for the one Beatles cover !! I would write all of the tracks down.... but, as there are about 34 of them, I can't be bothered really !!

Hopefully, maybe today (probably not) I'm expecting a 3 Cd set from a festival held in Holland, in the early 1970's. There was a film of it - which I actually saw in the movie house - but, I'm not sure of it's name !! It might have been called 'Stomping Ground' or something like that ?!

Anyways - this Cd set, has Canned Heat & Pink Floyd on it - so, hopefully, along with the other bands, it will be worth a good listen !! I will give you the track listing to that, when I eventually get a copy !!

I e-mailed a friend, that I was expecting the Cd's to reach me - he immediately asked me to do him a copy !! Honestly - if I can get it, so can you - just open your wallet, let the moths out & hand over the cash, it's not that expensive !!

Oh - after moaning about it, the models I've been waiting for,actually reached me, yesterday afternoon..... not too bad !! It's just a shame they took so long tho' !! Nevermind - I'll put them, into a box & one day, some where down the road, one of my Grand kid's can have them..... not for a while tho' - as I've written before, as far as I know, I don't actually have any so far !!

Right - my plans for today - well, to be honest, I've not made too many, or even thought too hard about what I'm going to do !! I'll give some music a listen - even going as far as playing the Lp version of 'Hydra' by Within Temptation !! I've played part of it - but, to be honest, I don't want to risk scratching it up !! I'll see how things go !!

For now tho' - without a moan about Mr Puck-tin.... I will be on my ways.... until next time...

Bye Bye